Feel free to tell me if I'm in denial and it should definitely get annihilated.
15 to 20 is a crazy big nerf, though.
Yuuuup, this is the same as a 45 DP capital getting bumped to 60. Overperforming ships should be slowly brought down, not kneejerk reaction nerf them because people are yelling. For 2 Furies you could deploy a whole capital, that seems a bit off.
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I'll note the Radiant is getting its DP increased from 40 to 60 DP, which is a 50% jump, while the Fury is only a 33% increase. Do you feel that raising the Radiant's cost to 60 DP is annihilating it or a kneejerk reaction? Personally, I don't think the size of the change matters. The question is, what is the appropriate final balance point that it should be at, not what the relative change is. Keep in mind, this isn't a next day patch kind of change. It's happening over more than 6 months by the time next patch comes out. So people have had plenty of time to mull it over and play with it at the current deployment cost.
Also, do you have thoughts on the 15 to 20 DP jump for the Pirate Falcon? It is an identical sized jump, and we've had that ship through multiple releases now.
I will note that a DP change is primarily a late game fleet composition nerf, as opposed to an early game or mid-game balance change. The 5 extra supplies here and there tend to be lost in the noise for me. I still think the ship will be excellent for leading destroyer/frigate packs and better than a Falcon as a first cruiser.
As for where its deployment cost should be is a tough call. Fully kitted, they have strong shield tank combined with high mobility, which means they survive extremely well. Those two factors seem to offset the AI's tendency to get into bad positions via plasma burn. Throw on SO and they can be packing the effective firepower of 1 and a third Plasma cannons backed by ion cannons and quite reasonable PPT.
Having played with it, 15 DP does feel too low. 9000 flux capacity, is 600 flux dissipation, 90 speed, possibility for 360 shields at 0.7 efficiency. It all adds up to fairly strong package. Would 18 DP be the right number? Maybe? It's only 10% different from 20 DP, and well, 10% is easily lost in officer skills, fitting, fleet composition, fleet orders, and player piloting. I think Furies will definitely still see use at a 20 DP point - although you probably won't be seeing end game fleets composed solely of Furies at that point, but used to fill a fleet need and compliment other ships. Or maybe you will. I remember seeing a post somewhere of a player testing their current Fury fleet assuming the new DP cost and it still had no losses against Ordos with Radiants, so likely still strong enough for typical end game.